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Gram Parsons release party

Gram Parsons Record Release Party tonight. On Thursday, November 8th, Amoeba Music Hollywood will host a record release party for Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Brothers Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969. The festivities begin at 7pm and include live performances by The Mike Stinson Band, Quincy Coleman, Dave Gleason, Amoeba’s own recording artist, Brandi Shearer and other surprise guests including original Flying Burrito Brothers member Chris Ethridge! Artists will perform selections from the new release.

Also in attendance tonight will be acclaimed photographer Andee Nathanson, whose intimate photos adorn the albums liner notes and booklet; Pamela Des Barres, who wrote the albums liner notes and was at the two shows captured on the discs; and Grams daughter Polly Parsons. Fans will have a chance to get a free limited edition poster with purchase of the CD, while supplies last.

Gram Parsons, leading the Flying Burrito Brothers, opened for the Grateful Dead April 4, 5 and 6, 1969 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The April 4th show has never been heard in any form. The bonus disc is the April 6th show. For years these tapes were rumored to exist and were finally unearthed in the Grateful Dead vault.

The record was the result of years of negotiation between Amoeba’s president and Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the Grateful Dead’s sound engineer who recorded the live show April 6, 1969. You can sample the quality of the recording by downloading “Long Black Limousine” from here.